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Reds 1, Cardinals 0
[April 03, 2014] CINCINNATI — Reds 1, Cardinals 0: Chris Heisey ripped a single to left field with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning as host Cincinnati avenged their 1-0 loss to St. Louis on Opening Day.
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Ryan Ludwick and Todd Frazier started the rally with singles
against Carlos Martinez (0-1) and advanced a base on Zack
Cozart's sacrifice bunt. After Brayan Pena was intentionally
walked, Heisey crushed Martinez's 0-1 pitch over drawn-in
shortstop Jhonny Peralta to make a winner out of J.J. Hoover
(1-0), who pitched the ninth. Ludwick and Joey Votto had two hits apiece for the Reds, with
Votto's first-inning double the 1,000th hit of his career. Tony
Cingrani struck out nine and yielded two hits in seven innings
while Manny Parra worked the eighth. St. Louis' Michael Wacha struck out seven and allowed three hits
in 6 2/3 frames. Cingrani retired the first nine batters before
Matt Carpenter singled while Wacha retired eight in a row
between Votto's double and his single in the fourth. The Cardinals had runners in scoring position in each of the
final three innings, including twice with one out. Cingrani got
Yadier Molina to fly out and struck out Matt Adams with runners
on first and second in the seventh while Parra retired Shane
Robinson and Carpenter after Kolten Wong's one-out double in the
eighth. GAME NOTEBOOK: The game was delayed at the start for 2 hours, 40 minutes because of rain. ... Bryan Price won his first game as Reds manager. ... Reds rookie CF Billy Hamilton went 0-for-4 for the second straight contest. [© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
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